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PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

HENRY YTURRI, or SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed anuary 18, 1907. Serial No- 352,993.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HENRY YTURRI, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of BeXar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Trap, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to traps for catching with these and other objects in view the' invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the trap. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through one portion thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a portion of the trap.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 is the base of the trap, which is in the form of a closure or cover for a bucket 2 or other receptacle, and this base has a rectangular opening 3 therein, the sides of which are provided with upstanding walls 4, whereby a passage is formed upon the base and extends thereacross. A wire or other device 5 is secured to the central portions of the walls 4 and constitutes a support for any suitable bait. The opening 8 is normally closed, preferably by two sets of doors, each set consisting of an outer or main door 7 and an inner or tripping door 8. The main door 7 is hinged to the base 1, as shown at 9, and has a cross-rod 10 secured to it adjacent its opposite edge and terminating in crank-arms 11. This rod 10 and its arms 11 are fixed in relation to the door 7, and the rodsis spaced slightly from the door, so as to constitute a non-rotatable pintle on which the inner or tripping door 8 is adapted to swing. A bellcrank lever 12 is fulcrumed, as at 13, in,a slot 14, which is cut into the flange 1 of base 1, and one end of this lever is held normally in contact with the lower face of the trippingdoor 8 by means of a weight 15 arranged upon the opposite end of the-lever. As the pivot of the trippingdoor is below the main door 7 and at a point between the inner and outer edges thereof, it is obvious that the weighted lever 12 will maintain the two doors 7 and 8 normally in a horizontal position. The downward movement of the we ght 15 is limited by the lower wall of the slot 14, as shown in Fig. 2.

Suspended from ears 16, hanging from the base 1 at opposite sides of the opening 3 and adjacent each door 7, is acatch 17, having a i head 18 at its lower end formed with an upper shoulder 19 and with a recess 20. Each catch 17 is normally held by gravity in an upright position, and the shoulder 19 thereof constitutes a rest for one of the crank-arms 11. The recess 20 in each catch constitutes a seat for one end of an arm 21, which is secured to the tripping-door 8. It is to be un derstood that the weight 15 is merely sufficiently heavy to swing the doors 7 and 8 into normal position. Should a rat or mouse approach the bait 6, it will be free to move over either door 7 and said door will not open, because the crank-arms 11 will be supported by the heads 18, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. As soon, however, as the rodent places a por tion or all of its weight upon the trippingdoor 8 the weight 15 will be overbalanced and arms 21 will be pressed against the heads 18 so as to swing each catch 17 into position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The crankarms 11 will therefore be relieved of their supports and the doors 7 and 8 will both swing downward into the receptacle 2 upon hinge 9, thereby precipitating the rodent into the receptacle. As soon as the weight of the rodent has been removed from the doors the weighted arm- 12 will return the parts into position shown in Fig. 2. The receptacle 2 should be filled with water or other liquid. It is to be understood that the apparatus described is duplicated at the other side of the base 1, so that a rodent approaching the bait from either side will be trapped. In

order to enable the rodent to easily approach the bait, an inclined board 22 may be placed upon opposite portions of the base 1 or, if preferred, the trap can be placed between boxes or other objects by means of which the rodent can readily approach the trap.

It Will be seen that the trap is very simple and inexpensive in construction and can be readily applied to buckets or other receptacles.

What is claimed is 1. A trap comprising a base having an opening therein, hingedly-connected overlapping doors secured Within the opening, one of said doors being hinged to the base, gravity-operated means for holding the doors normally in closed position, a lock-engaging device upon one of the doors, means for engaging said device to lock one of the doors in closed position, and means operated by the other door for actuating the locking means and to release the door supported thereby.

2. In a trap the combination with a base having an opening therein; of a main door hinged to the base and partly closing the opening, a lock-engaging device upon one of the doors, means for engaging said device to secure said door in position, a tripping-moor hinged to and overlapped by the main door, gravity-operated means bearing upon the tripping-door for holding the two doors nor mally closed, and means operated by the depression of the tripping-door for shifting the door-securing means to release the main door.

3. A trap comprising a base having an opening therein, a main door hinged to the base and partly closing the opening, a gravitycatch suspended from the base, means upon the main door disposed to be engaged by the catch for securing the main door in closed position, a tripping-door hinged to and overlapped by the main door, gravity-operated means bearing upon the tripping-door for returning the doors to normal position subsequent to being depressed, and means operated by the depression of the tripping-door for moving the catch to release the main door.

4. A trap comprising a base having an opening therein, a door hinged to the base for closing the opening, said door consisting of hinged overlapping sections, yielding means for holding the door normally in closed position, a lockengaging device upon one of the door-sections, means for engaging said device to lock one of the door-sections in closed position, and means operated by the depression of the other door-section for shifting said locking means to release the door.

5. A trap comprising a base having an opening therein, a door hinged to the base for closing the opening, said door consisting of overlapping sections hinged together, yielding means bearing upon one of the sections for holding the door normally in closed position, a lock-engaging device upon one of the door-sections, gravity-operated means for engaging said device to lock one of the door-sections in closed position, and means operated by the depression of the other doorsection for actuating the locking means to unlock the door.

6. In a trap the combination With a base having an opening therein, walls at opposite sides of the opening, and means between the Walls for supporting bait; of a door for closing the opening, said door being hinged to the base and consisting of hingedly-connected overlapping sections, yielding means bearing upon one of the sections for normally holding the door in closed position, a gravity-operated catch suspended from the base, arms movable with one of the door-sections and normally resting upon the catch, and means operated by the depression of the other doorsection for withdrawing the catch from the arms to release the door.

7. In a trap the combination with a base having an opening therein, and a catch piv otally connected to and suspended from the base, said catch having a seat in one face and a shoulder; of a door hinged to the base and consisting of hingedly-connected overlapping sections, an arm rigidly connected to one of the sections and normally bearing upon the shoulder of the catch, gravity-operated means bearing upon one of the sec tions for normally holding the door in closed position, and an arm extending from one of the sections and projecting into the seat.

8. A trap comprising a base having an opening therein, side walls upon the base and adjacent the opening and oppositely-disposed doors within and adapted to close the opening, each door being hinged to the base and comprising overlapping hingedly-connected sections, gravity-operated means bearing upon one of the sections for holding each door normally closed, a pivoted catch suspended from the base adjacent each door, an arm rigidly connected to one of the sections of each door and normally supported by the adjoining catch, and an arm rigidly connected to and suspended from the other section of each door and contacting with the adjoining catch.

9. A trap comprising a base having an opening therein, a door hinged to the base and consisting of hingedly-connected over lapping sections, a lock-engaging device upon one of the sections, yielding means for supporting the door in closed position Within the opening, means for engaging said device to lock one of the door-sections in closed poposed when its section is depressed to un- IO sition, and means operated by the opening of lock the door;

the other door-section for unlocking the door. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10. A trap comprising a yieldingly-supi my own I have hereto aflixed my signature ported sectional door, separate means for in the presence of two Witnesses.

locking one of the door-sections in closed HENRY YTURRI. position, and a supporting device engaging Witnesses: one of said means ior holding the other sec- LEONARD GARZA, J12,

tion in olosed position, said device being dis- SAMUEL BELDEN. 

